When to use the odds ratio or the relative risk?

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 165-167

  Schmidt, Carsten Oliver ^a   Kohlmann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; INCIDENCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 47249127273     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-008-7068-3     Document Type: Article

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